On this page, we list the best gems, enchants, flasks, potions, and
food you can get for your Beast Mastery Hunter in World of Warcraft —
Battle for Azeroth (BfA) 8.1. We also give budget alternatives.

If you can afford it, you should use Battle-Scarred Augment Runes to
increase your primary stat. Since there is a finite amount of these runes
available, you should make sure to use them wisely and to stock up on them
for when you need them.

4. Changelog

10 Dec. 2018: This page has been reviewed for Patch 8.1 and no changes are necessary.

09 Nov. 2018: Added note about using Gale-Force Striking for Mythic+.

14 Sep. 2018: Updated gems, enchants and food.

30 Aug. 2018: Updated the optimal potion to use.

17 Aug. 2018: Added the mention of using an Agility gem.

16 Aug. 2018: Updated the optimal healing potion to use.

13 Aug. 2018: Updated the optimal gems to correspond with the stat priority.

12 Aug. 2018: Updated for Battle for Azeroth launch.

22 Jul. 2018: Updated the optimal single-target potion.

21 Jul. 2018: Reverted the optimal flask, as the Flask of Falling Leaves was nerfed.

Updated the optimal flask to use. Added note about Belt Buckles to the Enchants table.

Reverted the optimal potion to use, as Blizzard has nerfed the old one.

Updated the wording on the Healthstones/Healing Potion paragraph to say "and", as you can now use both of them at once.

Removed Belt Buckles as they were hotfixed.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

This guide has been written by Azortharion,
the main theorycrafter of the spec for many years. He is an accomplished player
with dozen of top parses for all specs throughout the game's history. He is
also the Admin of Trueshot
Lodge, the Hunter Class Discord, and you can watch his stream on Twitch.